Kay & Ed had bought and lived in the house, from 1975 to 1978, and rented out the second floor unit to other people.

They had moved in with visions of having peace and quiet, but found that the house was crowded with unexpected company.

Living Room:

a) Kay found a pool of water on a chair in the living room where she had been sitting only a moment before. The puddle seemed to come out of nowhere, when she had gotten up to get something.

b) While walking in the living room, a doily, which had been on a chair, flew past her head, landing on the floor, way across the room.

c) The couple’s dog and cat would sit together in the living room, looking up at the ceiling. The dog would be wagging its tail, while the cat would be hissing.

d) Kay and Ed lived with daily annoyances, such as unexplained, self- slamming doors, and a radio which would turn itself on loudly and unpredictably during the night.

e) However, on several occasions, the blasting sound of the radio woke up Ed when he had overslept, so he could get to work on time.

f) Kay heard a woman’s voice that was calling Ed’s name.

g) After shouting to the unseen entities that he would burn down the house, if they didn’t behave themselves, Ed awoke one morning to find that there were 5 misty apparitions appearing before him. Two were standing at the foot of the bed, while the other 3 were sitting on the bed. On cue, they all floated into the bathroom together and disappeared.

Matt and Leslie moved into “The Meadows” in 1978,

to be the caretaker and the curator of this historical home which was now owned by the Franklin Township. Annoyances and unusual occurrences started right away.

a) After moving in, their sleep would be interrupted by a noisy knocker on the front door, which would knock all by itself.

b) Various items and objects in the house would disappear and turn up somewhere else, or vanish altogether.

c) Some unseen entity knew the cost of electricity, for lights would turn themselves off when the couple would go to another place in the house, or outside.

d) Both heard unexplained sounds in the attic.

e) While Matt was working on a conduit under the house, an icy, unseen hand touched his shoulder gently, as if to tell him to be careful.

f) On two different occasions, Leslie awoke to find a middle-aged lady apparition, dressed in past-era clothing, standing at the foot of the bed. The couple wasn’t scared of her, for she was a kindly spirit who was there to protect them, they felt.

In 1979, a new caretaker, Harry, moved into the upstairs unit, that had been renovated by Matt.

a) One night, Harry was awakened by a blood-curdling, tormented scream of a tortured soul, which came from below the kitchen window. The next morning, Harry found that the kitchen windowsill’s potted plant had been broken in the middle of the floor. In 1980, Harry heard the same horrendous scream again.

b) When his daughter, J., came to visit, she complained to him one morning that someone was noisily doing the dishes in the middle of the night, complete with pot banging and dish rattling.